Brister v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Irving Brister was indicted for the intentional murder of his wife, Brenda Pruitt Brister. The appellant was found guilty of this offense “as charged in the indictment,” and was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment in the pententiary.

The appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence and, thus, the facts will be only briefly outlined. On the night of May 24, 1986, the appellant went to church on Center Street in Birmingham, Alabama, which was having a casino night as a fund raising event. When he arrived, he saw his wife, who had left him a few days earlier, at…